Fire Damages Apartment

DIGEST

April 8, 1994|Staff Report

POMPANO BEACH — It took 15 firefighters almost 20 minutes on Thursday to extinguish a fire set in a closet by a 4-year-old boy playing with a disposable lighter, Battalion Commander Dan Rosenquist said.

Firefighters were called to a triplex apartment on the 500 block of Southwest Second Court after the blaze was reported at 2:47 p.m. The two-bedroom apartment was occupied by Rafael Martinez, his wife and six children. No one was injured.

Rosenquist estimated damages to the apartment at $7,000 to $10,000. There was slight smoke damage to the other two apartments.